A Midsummer Night

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A Midsummer Nights Dream
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William Shakespeare
What do you know about

• His Life and Times
• April 23,1564
• April 23,1616

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http//www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html
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Born April 23, 1564, in Stratford-upon-AvonApril
23rd is St. Georges Day in England

• Parents were John and Mary Arden Shakespeare
• John was a glove maker and town official.
• They lived and worked on Henley Street in
  Stratford.

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Gardens at Henley Street
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Second floor bedroom on Henley
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Mary Ardens parents lived at Wilmcote.

• She was the youngest of eight daughters.
• She could read and do math, but probably could
  not write much more than her signature.

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Back of the Ardens house
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William was born in the reign of Elizabeth I, one
of the greatest rulers of England. Her rule
became known as the Elizabethan Age. It was the
age of exploration. Virginia was named for her.

http//tudorhistory.org/elizabeth/gallery.html
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Elizabeth I, Armada Portrait, c1588http//www.eli
zabethi.org/us/armada
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William was baptized at Holy Trinity Church on
April 26, 1564, as Gulielmus Filius Johannes
Shakespeare, son of John.
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King Edward VI Grammar School for Boys
While there are no records that William attended
grammar school, historians accept that he did
attend the School since his father was a town
official and merchant.
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• Boys began school at 700 A.M., went home for
  lunch, and finished at 500 or 600 P.M.
• Only families who could afford it sent their sons
  to school.

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Desk from Guildhall School where Shakespeare
studied...

• Latin
• Greek
• Mathematics
• Ancient history
• Astronomy
• Mythology
• Drama
• Poetry

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When William was a boy of 11, Elizabeth I visited
nearby Kenilworth Castle.
http//members.lycos.co.uk/stusweb/kenilworth.html
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http//tudorhistory.org/elizabeth/gallery3.html
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Kenilworth Castle today
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On November 28, 1582 the Bishop of Worcester
issued the marriage bond for "William Shagspere"
and "Ann Hathwey of Stratford."
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William was 18, and Anne was 26 when they were
married.
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Another view of the thatching.
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What Shakespeare did between his wedding and when
he first appeared in London is based on theory.
A William Shagspere or Shakstick taught in
counties in the north of England. With a
grammar school education, he would have been
qualified for these boys only private schools.
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Anne and William had 3 children in this time,
Susannah first and twins Judith and Hamnet, who
died when he was11.The burial register states
Hamnet, son of William Shakespeare, 11th of
August, 1596.
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William Shakespeares name appears in London
records around 1590, and A Midsummers Night
Dream is first presented by the Lord
Chamberlains Men troupe between 1595 and 1598. A
copy of the play was published in 1600.
. www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/bridge01.htm
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The river is the Thames. This is Southwark
Cathedral in the foreground, where Shakespeare
worshipped
http//www.southwark.anglican.org/cathedral/
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Where he had to pay extra to have his brother
Edmond buried in the morning rather than in the
afternoon when his plays were performed...
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And where we can find a memorial to Shakespeare.
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The cathedral is not far from the Globe Theatre
where his company, the Lord Chamberlains Men,
performed their plays. Shakespeare owned a 13
share in the company, which changed its name in
1603 to the Kings Men when King James
I inherited the throne when his cousin Elizabeth
I died.
http//www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/HUA/TT/Globe/sl
ide10.html
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the Globe Theatre during Shakespeares time
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The new Globe Theater was opened in 1998. It
sits 3 blocks from the site of Shakespeares
Globe which is underneath a parking lot and an
apartment building.
http//shakespeares-globe.org/navigation/frameset.
htm
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thatching the roof of the New Globe Theatre in
1998
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Globe Theatre, then and now
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The New Globe Theatre in London
Audience members in front of the stage are called
groundlings.
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Stage Left
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A groundlings view
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View from the first tier of seats
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Balcony and roof of stage
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In the "Accounts of the Revels at Court" from
1604, there is an entry that says "By the Kings
Maiesties plaiers. Hallamas Day being the first
of Nouembar, A play in the Banketinge house att
Whithall called The Moor of Venis. Shaxberd."
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A play is about to begin
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All the worlds a stage,And all the men and
women merely players.
http//www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/HUA/TT/Globe/
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Types of Shakespeares Plays

• Histories
• Henry IV, Part I
• Henry IV, Part II
• Henry V
• Henry VI, Part I
• Henry VI, Part II
• Henry VI, Part III
• Henry VIII
• King John
• Richard II
• Richard III

Tragedies Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Hamlet J
ulius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and
Juliet Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus

• Comedies
• Alls Well That Ends Well
• As You Like It
• The Comedy of Errors
• Cymbeline
• Loves Labours Lost
• Measure for Measure
• The Merry Wives of Windsor
• The Merchant of Venice
• A Midsummer Nights Dream
• Much Ado about Nothing
• Pericles, Prince of Tyre
• Taming of the Shrew
• The Tempest
• Troilus and Cressida
• Twelfth Night
• Two Gentlemen of Verona
• Winters Tale

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Words phrases from Shakespeare

• Moonbeam (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
• or goodness sake Henry VIII
• Dead as a doornail 2 Henry VI
• Knock knock! Whos there? Macbeth
• Star-crossed lovers Romeo Juliet
• Bedroom A Midsummers Night Dream
• Play fast and loose King John
• Wild-goose chase Romeo Juliet
• A rose by any other name Romeo Juliet
• Too much of a good thing As You Like It
• Fancy-free (Midsummer Night's Dream)
• Assassination Macbeth
• Ladybird Rome Juliet
• Zany Loves Labor Lost
• http//www.rhymezone.com/g/shakespeare/coinages//

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Shakespeare retired to Stratford in 1611 to his
newly purchased home, New Place, one of the best
houses in town. It was torn down in the late
1600s by a man who grew tired of tourists.
Google images
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His mulberry tree in the garden
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More garden views
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Shakespeares holdings in Stratford
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William Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616, and
was buried inside Holy Trinity Church near the
altar.
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Altar at Holy Trinity Church where Shakespeare is
buried
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His memorial overlooking his grave
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Shakespeares monument at Stratford-on-Avon
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Alls Well That Ends Well

• Birth and death dates
• Hometown
• Parents names
• Wifes and childrens names
• Burial place
• Theatres place and name
• Acting troupe
• Actors qualities
• Number and types of plays
• Rulers of England

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Shakespeares cousin, Edgar Arden, was hanged,
drawn, and quartered for his supposed aid to a
Catholic plot to assassinate Elizabeth I in 1573.
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Bibliography

• http//www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html
• http//tudorhistory.org/elizabeth/gallery.html
• http//members.lycos.co.uk/stusweb/kenilworth.html
  
• http//tudorhistory.org/elizabeth/gallery3.html
• www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/bridge01.htm
• http//www.southwark.anglican.org/cathedral/
• http//www.folger.edu/public/exhibit/gallery.asp
• http//www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/HUA/TT/Globe/sl
  ide10.html
• http//www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/HUA/TT/Globe/
• http//ise.uvic.ca/Library/chrono.html
• http//www.pbs.org/shakespeare/events/event250.htm
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• http//www.pbs.org/shakespeare/events/event128.htm
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• http//www.bardweb.net/man.html
• http//www.shakespeare.org.uk/visit-the-houses/mar
  y-ardens-farm.html
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileMary_Arden's_Hou
  se_(rear_view)_-Wilmcote.jpg